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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
How do I know if the phone that is sent from T-mobile as a replacement phone for a defective one is Refurbished or NEW one ?

I have been told that it is more likely a refurbished device but there is a possibility that they send new ones sometimes !

I just don't think it's fair to receive a refurbished replacement for an only 1 month old "defective " one !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] audi_on_u:
Hey Denver Guy...I believe there is sticker under battery that will say its a refurbished device. But usually its up in the air what you recive from them
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Refurbished is a very broad word. You can send a phone in cause a button is loose and once fixed it will now be labeled as a refurb. Out of all of the Refurbished phones i have received in the past none looked less than new. Even when my sister received a refurbed Mytouch 3g nearly a year later...it still looked brand new with zero issues. Its not something I would worry too much about if you have to send your phone in to get a replacement. You can however try and ask them to just give you a new one out of the box as well for exchange.

Edit:

Just my input and I know it doesnt answer your question. But like mentioned slightly , if it is within the first 30 days I am 99% sure you can just ask for a new one.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
Does the android version whether it's updated to 2.3.6 or not give a clue at all ?

should it come in its original box if it's new ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
I already asked them to send me a new one ,but they refused to guarantee anything
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
Oh did you call support yourself or take it in a store?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
I did call customer service,because I am already out of the 14 days remorse period ,so going to the store won't be of help ,they would show me ugly faces if I did !
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Radsolutionz:
i just got a replacement, and the one that they sent me has the screen protector from when u first buy the phone.... so i guess the way to differenciate is the screen protector when u get it out the box... if it has the one from when u first bought the phone, its new... if u have a new one with nothing on it.... im guessing thats a refurb....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
My last two phones I had to send in, the ones that came back had the default screen protector on them. I doubt either were brand new.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
you mean the one that shows labels ?

did you get the replacement today ?

when did you first purchase the phone ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
your last 2 phones were samsung galaxy s2 as well ?

why you doubt they were Brand new ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GideonX:
The replacements are usually refurbs that come in plain white boxes. You'll never get one in a retail box from replacement unless arrangements were made prior.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
SO there is no doubt that the replacement phone is Refurbished,since they didn't guarantee that they will send a new one ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] GideonX:
Yup, expect a refurb in the mail.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] joking:
I would say 98% of the time you would get a refurb unless they out of stock on refurb.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
My last ones were a mytouch 3g slide and mytouch 4g. When I got my s2 replaced it was just an instore exchange so that one doesnt count since I got a whole new box.

I doubt it because I was told specifically that they were refurbished. If they were new, it would prob be easier for them to have you go to a store and do an exchange.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] tdizzle404:
I just got my warranty replacement sgs2 today from T-mobile it came in the white box but has default screen protector. I bought my sgs2 in the beginning of Dec"for the guy who asked". It looks flawless and smells new"lol", but I'de say its refurbished, because it didn't come in the sealed box. I made a big stink about receiving a refurbished phone when I called it in, but like the other fellow said they would not guarantee a new phone, but did agree its not fair to buy a new phone and receive a refurbished phone back."but still wouldn't guarantee" anything."bull crap"

There are no labels that say it is a refurb so makes me "kinda" wonder. Because att refurb phones are labeled behind the batt.:confused:

But any ways 2 more things. A lil Off Topic so sorry stop reading if that bothers you ,but I think its cool.:D.

Originally I bought 2 HD2's at wall mart for 49.95 each "Best DEV Phone EVER" and got two 100 gift cards for the phones."Nice" 9 months later my HD2 reboots its self all the time outta nowhere, so T mobile says sorry heres a g2x cause htc doesn't make hd2's anymore."sweet I love the phone" so I think that was pretty cool. It was a refurb though. works perfect. Woulda rather had the HD2 in both cases though.

Now my wife broke her screen and we did a insurance claim for 120 and they sent her a brand new htc HD7 with the Mango update on it, sealed in the box. neat phone but no android for it so I don't like it :mad: lol.

I just thought I would share some of my phone replacement exp's with you guys.

edit: it just came with 2.3.5 and uvkid
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] denverguy:
so do you think that the new replacement phone should come sealed in its original box ?

Does the replacement phone sgs2 which came with the default screen protector have a blue sticker inside ?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] MeatyCoins:
HD2 with mango ? wut

or are you talking about a HD7
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] xsteven77x:
Thinking same exact thing.
[General Questions and Answers] Deadmano:
Hi there, firstly thank you for taking the time in viewing this thread.

I have just recently acquired a Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 Mini Pro. It is running on the (latest?) android version that being 2.1, as the update manager of Sony Ericsson PC Companion says it is fully up to date. Below are my phones details.

Model number: U20i

Firmware Version: 2.1-update1

Baseband version: M76XX-TSNCJOLYM-53404015

Kernel version: 2.6.29 (SEMCUser@SEMCHost #1)

Build number: 2.1.1.A.0.6

I wanted to install a custom ROM, so the first one I found was Cyanogen Froyo CM6 and I followed instructions on how to gain root and xRecovery from this guide but to no avail, as when I launched xRecovery and select the .zip of the ROM from my SD card I was given the below error.

I'd really just like a ROM I can install that will be fast, and won't cause freezing, as well as allowing me to install 3rd party APK files as I have plenty of them. So can anyone please assist me, explaining what I did wrong or what I still need to do because I've read the FAQ and searched online without finding anything. Is it my phone, or perhaps the SD card is faulty (even though it's new)? Any and all help would be greatly appreciated.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vandal_:
I want to change my present ROM. The best and correct way of doing this is:

Flashing stock WinMo - flashing radio - flashing magldr - flashing recovery - flashing New Rom

Did I miss something? Flashing again HSPL is necessary?
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Richy99:
why go thru all that bother? i just factory wipe from cwm and then repartition if necessary and isntall the rom

never had a single issue
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] Nigeldg:
Definitely do not recommend doing that. Read about 'bad blocks' (search on XDA) for some more information about this sort of stuff, but if I were you, I would just do a data wipe in CWM, flash a new partition layout if needed then install the zip from SD card. This way you don't end up flashing a billion different things again and again every time you consider changing ROMs (which is quite likely now with the release of ICS and stuff) :)

If the install as I suggested fails I still wouldn't recommend going back to WinMo. A simple Task29 should suffice.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] dt2595:
task 29. thats it. lol
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] vandal_:
Task 29, I read a lot of contoversial statements about this tool. Ok so wiping data and cache will be just enough as I understood.
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] seanyuan62:
There is nothing wrong with running a t29 for a clean install
[HD2 Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting and Genera] JoonatanO:
How I do a clean install:

1. T29

2. Flash radio 2.15

3. Flash MAGLDR

4. Boot into MAGLDR, then Android Recovery

5. Partition/format SDCard

6. Mount USB, transfer .zip to root of SD

7. Wipe data

8. Flash .zip

9. Boot
[LG Optimus 2x] Axel2033:
New recovery from the latest sources)​

Version: 5.5.0.4

While not working softkeys but you can use power button and browse to select the volume keys:)

In order to use the power button to select, go to step advanced by means of volume keys and click search)

The screen will display: Back menu button enabled!

Recovery is fully functional and can restore the backup version of 5.0.2.3 - 5.0.2.7

download

Password: 4pda.ru
[LG Optimus 2x] salisbury_steak:
Thanks for the share axel!

May I know what are the advantages of using this over the 5027 recovery by Rusty?
[LG Optimus 2x] PYCON:
I haven't understood very well the problems of this new version...

Why to use it ? Why if there's no ICS rom for LG 2X ?

In order to use other 2.2 or 2.3.x roms, there's 5.0.2.7 right ?

:confused::confused::confused:
[LG Optimus 2x] Basil 123:
Thanks! brief moment of panic trying to get the power button working. Just clicked away and it sorted itself.

Nice now that external backup is really external and internal is really internal. Less confusion for me.

Cheers

Baz
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
maybe i just misunderstood the make powerbutton work part

coz everything i do it won't work :(
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
Link doesn't work. 404 error.
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
link is working fine here?

http://www.mediafire.com/?2l2uil35ggkxtaq
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
Yes man! Thanks, even with dolphin copy paste it didn't work.

To enable power button I went down to Advanced with volume down, then pressed at the same time volume up and down. I'm not sure as I was searching a combo to do that. But I managed lol.
[LG Optimus 2x] owain94:
and thank you after a couple times trying it worked =D
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
Yes in fact you just have to press volume down button until you see the message.

But effect is not permanent sometimes you have to redo it during your 'session', and mandatory at each reboot in recovery.
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
Why is this thread in general section and Rusty!'s one in dev? They speak about the same thing...
[LG Optimus 2x] PG101:
Slippery fingers... sorry for my over-sight :)
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
I suspect this version to mess flash process. I flashed two ROM today, each time with problems in/cache or market download. The second time I looked at mount points in terminal and saw that /cache partition wasn't mounted at all.

I reverted to 5.0.2.7 and flash was flawless.

To be confirmed.....
[LG Optimus 2x] Axel2033:
for now this recovery can mount only ext 4 partitions
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
Should be precised in OP it's quite an important detail....
[Galaxy S I9000 General] truelove73:
i recently install ritzy rom in my galaxy s..everything is very nice but i m facing problem with wifi ..it keep reconnecting and i m unable to download or use internet .i try wifi fixer .. but nothing work ..

previously i was using darky rom and wifi work flawlessly .. i check wifi sleep policy and its on never .. eny help plz
[Galaxy S I9000 General] teox_:
have you tried to re-flash the ROM(with a wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache)?
[Galaxy S I9000 General] truelove73:
ya i did wipe dalvik cache and format partition too ..but still same problem
[Galaxy S I9000 General] downhere:
Check your wifi-router settings:

Set the DHCP lease time lower than infinite, i.e. to a limited time.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashmonkey:
I have changed my LCD density to 210 on my Hercules. I'm running BeastMOD 4.2

I know if you change LCD density, you wont be able to download off market. However, someone had said that a particular version of the market WILL WORK with the DENSITY changed.

Anyone know what version of Market that is?

thasnk
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] benjamingwynn:
Good question..

Sent from somewhere too far away from my computer
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
I reverted back to version 2.3.4. I couldn't get OldMarket to work but following this guide did the trick- http://ijustutter.com/get-your-old-android-market-back-remove-new-market
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] cashmonkey:
You know, I did that and I still cant download the apps that would appear before.

With old market, I cant even VIEW the apps that I couldnt download before (search traffic monitor)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] kabuk1:
Have you tried clearing your market cache? In fact, clear all market data & try again. There's no reason I can think of why you wouldn't be able to download or view apps unless they were taken off the market or something.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] chiensibut:
set the density back to 240, then download the apps that you wanted, after that change the density back to 210, that's what i did to my galaxy s2, i changed it to 190, launcher pro set it 5 columns and 7 rows, it looks so nice like a table :D
[General Topics] NOMIOMI:
i want to buy android phone i want know that which one is best among these phone

Lg optimus 3d

Samsung galaxy SII

motorola Photon 4G

i want dev support modification and playing games Long baatery life good and strong build quality

please help me
[General Topics] NOMIOMI:
Ops i forget to add one more mobile that is htc sensation please guide me to buy best mobile amomg these phone

Samasung galaxy s 2

Motorola photon 4g

Htc sensation

Lg optimus 3d

I have lg optimus 3d but now i want to change please guide me
[General Topics] sean is here.:
SGS2. Clear choice.

Check out www.gsmarena.com and use their compare option.
[General Topics] Drzfr3shboialex:
I say Galaxy Nexus if on VZW if not import (if you can) for T-Mobile or ATT. Since this has awesome dev support, Nexii always do. Or just wait for quad core phones CES is next week. If you can't wait I say gs2 on any carrier but VZW
[General Topics] scorpionSE:
From that list i pick SII.

As posted before check gsm.arena for the specs
[General Topics] k1bu:
Galaxy S II is the clear winner from that list, Build quality wise only the HTC beats it.. otherwise for dev support, playing games & good battery life Galaxy S II wins ;)
[General Topics] 314:
Samsung galaxy s2

Fastest

Vivid Screen

Light, Thin

Most Devs

Motorola photon 4g

I don't really see any major pros compared to the other devices

Htc sensation

Sense

The back of it looks pretty good, made of aluminium.

Lg optimus 3d

3D
[General Topics] xcalout:
If you value 3rd party dev support, then I would probably pick samsung or htc, as they have rather big dev community

cheers
[General Topics] NOMIOMI:
so its mean the SGSII is good form all aspects .... guys i want a phone which has good quality . a phone if which will drop form hand and phone can handle the drop i think you guys understand what i want o say

sorry for my bad Englis :P
[General Topics] DarkMinax:
HTC. IMHO they actually listen to their customers ... :)
[General Topics] AllGamer:
are you sure about that?

they always break their promises, just like Motolora

i actually find Samsung to be the only one that actually listen to what customer wants, and they have been doing great at it these last 2 years
[General Topics] cmike21:
i would go with the GSII
[General Topics] scorpionSE:
Well if u want a phone that can handle a fall. Better not buy any of those lolol try a nokia 3310 or something lol
[General Topics] ramsesht:
Do yourself a favor, don't star off behind, get the s2.
[General Topics] AllGamer:
not sure if you have seen the drop test of Galaxy phones vs Iphones

but just today i had my first hand real life experience

took the phone out of my front shirt pocket, shoulder height and my fingers slipped, it went face down straight to a concrete floor (it bounced like 4 times before coming to a full stop) and it's still alive and kicking, except for a few scratches on the bezel everything is fine.

as you can see from y siggy, it's a SGS2 from Tmo
[General Topics] NOMIOMI:
ok guys i m going to buy SGSII

thanks for yours comments
[General Topics] ryan1918:
Just get a samsung epic you can get them brand new for like $200 or so, with a memory card, the II isn't worth the extra money.
[Android Themes] vineetksirohi:
Iron man live wallpaper. Is it good enough? And can I post such thing in android market?

[YOUTUBE]3euAo2Z9tIo[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Themes] retareq:
You will probably get your account suspended because Warner Brothers will complain that you are using copyright footage from the movie. Be very careful about these things. I am making live wallpapers now and every time I have to be extremely careful. If you expect to sell something in the market make sure you made it. Don't rely on pirated bits and pieces here and there.
[Android Themes] vineetksirohi:
Thank you for replying. I had a premonition about it. Now I have to start learning making graphics.
[Android Themes] waikin7:
i have done one myself and it has been in the market for a few months now. but i didn't use any footage or image for my lwp (its iron man flying through opengl buildings). even the iron man image flying was taken from my toy. haven't heard from anyone to take it down, so i guess i'm safe for now. then again the only thing i'm using is the name 'iron man' and the rest was built by myself; so maybe its a diff case.

though there's loads of wallpapers apps out there using copyrighted images blatantly and nothing has been done to take them down.
[Android Themes] cyrusalmighty:
Not sure of the legalities but I like it either way. Good job.
[Android Themes] sryidc:
Perhaps a live wallpaper of the ark reactor that slowly glows. I think there is a GIF of an ark reactor that could be a good jumping off point.
[LG Optimus 2x] JimmyPind:
Hi guys

Rooted my GF`s LG X2 (NVFlash), and flashed CM7. Was working fine, until i rebooted the phone several hours later.

Now it`s stock on the Blueish LG logo.

Tried to run recovery, no help

Tried wipeing everything (Darvik, cashe, factory), no help

Tried fixing permissions, no help

Don`t got a external SD card, so cant even get any files on to the phone!

Anyway to flash a new ROM, from the computer?

Thanks
[LG Optimus 2x] Striatum_bdr:
You can push a zip file to internal sdcard from computer using Adb, see howtos like this one:

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-adb-and-how-to-install-it-android/

The USB drivers are those used for smartflash, pick it up there:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1008070

Once all this installed, in console ('cmd' on windows) you type 'adb push /path/to/your/file /mnt/sdcard.
[LG Optimus 2x] JimmyPind:
.....

Thank you, for replying.

Tried ADB, but now the problem is, that you need to put the device in "USB Debugging", and as i said, i can`t get into the phone. Hmm, lost again :(
[LG Optimus 2x] JimmyPind:
Weeeee! Finally fixed it with SmartFlash, and stock ROM!

Thx anyways
[HTC Rezound] Wintrmte:
I was wondering if there is a way now that we have root to enable the Gingerbread on / off animation that HTC removed, without having to flash a new ROM?

This is different than the power up / restart / down animation that is listed elsewhere in this forum.

Thanks!
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
I just searched around, and maybe it's lack of proper wording but all I turned up was "it's in Gingerbread" Nothing relating to how to activate/deactivate/change it. What I would surmise from all of this is that HTC chose not to implement it in their build, so an AOSP build would/should have it vs the HTC build.. Sucks but it seems like all we have right now.

Of course the last link I try, I find this: http://droidmodderx.com/old-school-crt-animation-for-gingerbread-tv-off/

Don't go flashing it, but we should be able to pick it apart and determine what we need to add in.
[HTC Rezound] chingy51o:
I was able to add it in but HTC messed something in the code up and the animation plays extremely slow. I'm still looking around to see if i can figure out how to speed it up and once i do it'll be in my rom.
[HTC Rezound] maximus20895:
Awesome. This is my first Android and I've seen it in videos. Seems pretty cool!
[HTC Rezound] Ndaoud360:
u can try spare parts+ to speed up the animation.
[HTC Rezound] chingy51o:
Wish it was that simple... Lol
[HTC Rezound] Wintrmte:
Good stuff, thanks for the reply guys. Seems like it should be something to easy to add in but I guess not. :(
[HTC Rezound] zonbal33:
Are you talking about the animation that comes up when you turn your phone off/on? The animation on the CM roms? If thats the one your talking about I would love it too.
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
No, this is when you put the screen to sleep(tap the power button, or wait for the screen timeout).
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
It's called the CRT animation, is mimics the screen "twitch" old CRT computer monitors.
[HTC Rezound] zonbal33:
yeah thats it, is this out yet for rezound?
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Negative, according to Newt and Chingy, the animation does work but there's something within the OS that slows it down dramatically, so it's pretty much useless.

We'll have this soon enough, the dev's are awesome and they'll figure it out. I do like having those animations.
[HTC Rezound] MrSmith317:
Good ol' HTC crapping on native Android code again...
[HTC Rezound] triton302:
Eh, at least our bootloader is unlocked... (LOL @ Motorola)
[HTC Rezound] ljbaumer:
Droid 2 deja vu. That was such a pain to have a locked bootloader
[HTC Rezound] awenthol:
Coming from EVO 3D, I know it took them quite a while to get CRT working there, as well.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] -Phazenine-:
Love Swype here's the .APK anyone is interested

Mod Edit: Swype is considered warez, please do not post any links to the apk.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SoCGHOST:
I have been wanting swype since I got my gnex.. Thanks bro!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] EddyOS:
This a hacked one, seeing as they've not officially released it?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] eyan15:
You are a god send!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SMRPOWER:
It works!

Correct keyboard resolution

Many Thanks!!!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] FynxSyndct:
My nexus is now complete.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aergern:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1423362

This is 8 threads down in the main theming page. It has at least 7 themed versions of the current Swype and when you go to the site it says to download the ones marked GNex ... this thread has been up on XDA for quite a while. I've been using the ICS Themed (outline) apk since the person posted it .. works perfectly.
[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Accessories] undrwater:
I received a boxwave case from Amazon for the note, and it fits well. It's more plasticy than rubbery. Has ridges along the right and left sides to improve grip. All Ports and pen are accessible.

Bonus (at least for me): it fits the Dell Streak Slip Grip commuter car dock. Not perfectly, but snugly. I imagine i can take a dremel to the dock to allow the camera to work.

Not a perfect case, but a good one.
[Asus  Eee Pad Transformer Prime] halljo:
Hi XDA community:)

In what format should I convert videos for the Asus Transformer Prime, for a good quality.............

I have a movie (1.25 GB avi.) -> (. 3.12 GB MP4) format.

Used program =

- Xilisoft Video Converter Ultimate

- Profil Motorola Xoom / H.264 Video

- 1280x720

[Q]

- Is this normal (1.87 GB more)?

- Are there any conversion settings for the Prime (size, format, etc.)?

- Which program would you recommend?

Thank you for your help:)